تينة

Arabic

Etymology

Synchronically singulative noun composed of تِين (tīn, fig) + ـَة (-a).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tiː.na/

Noun

تِينَة • (tīna) f (singulative, collective تِين m (tīn))

  1. fig (fruit)
  2. fig tree

Declension

Descendants

  • Libyan Arabic: تينة (tīna)
  • Maltese: tina
  • Moroccan Arabic: تينة (tīna)
  • Middle Chinese: 底檷 (MC tejX nejX), 底珍 (MC tejX trin)

Libyan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic تِينة (tīna, fig). Compare semantically German Pflaume (literally plum). These uses are based partly on the sexual desirability, but also on a certain outward resemblence (e.g. when the fruit is halved).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tiːna/

Noun

تينة (tīna) f (plural تواني (twāni))

  1. (vulgar) buttocks

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic تِينة (tīna, fig). Compare semantically German Pflaume (literally plum). These uses are based partly on the sexual desirability, but also on a certain outward resemblence (e.g. when the fruit is halved).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tiː.na/
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Noun

تينة • (tīna) f

  1. (vulgar) vagina

See also

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